“It's obviously a very agile and nimble man we’re talking about,” police spokesperson Albin Näverbeg said.
According to witness reports, a motorist eventually came to the rescue by honking his horn, causing the elk to flee in the direction of a nearby forest. Neither the nimble man nor the elk were harmed.

“I came driving past and saw a man on the lamp post while an angry elk stood below and looked at him. It was quite comical. Cars had stopped along the side of the road. I honked my horn to see if I could scare it, but it didn’t react at all,” eye-witness Jonny Karlström said.
A game warden has now been tasked with locating the irritated elk to make sure that it has not gone to a new area to wreak further havoc.